Improvement in horse-powers



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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

JESSE WEST JACKSON, OF AMERICUS, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-POWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 149,482, dated April 7, 1874 application filed March 10, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE YV. J AGKSON, of Anier'icus in the county of Sumter and in the State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse Power; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a horsepower, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my lrorsepower; and Fig.r2 is a side elevation of the same.

A A represent the bed-sills of my horsepower, upon which is firmly secured a stationary cog-wheel, B, having the cogs around its inner circumference, said cog-wheel being provided with diametrical cross-arms, as shown.. To a central hub in the stationary cog-wheel B is firmly secured a vertical kin g-post, a. C vrepresents the sweep or lever to which the horses This sweep is placed and revolves on the stationary king-post a. In this lever, on one side of the stationary king-post, is a short vertical shaft, b, revolving in suitable bearings in the sweep. On the lower end of this shaft is secured a cog-wheel, G, which meshes with the internal cog-wheel B. On

the upper end of the shaft b is'another cogwheel, G', which meshes with a cogged hub on the under side of a wheel, D. This wheel rests on a rim or stationary collar, ai, on the stationary king-post a.

The wheels GG are pulled around the kin gpost a, in the sweeps or levers C, by the horses, and revolve at the same time, thereby having two motions given them, and giving the wheel D two motions in the same direction. The circle ofthe sweep gives the wheel one motion, causing it to make one revolution for every revolution of the sweep, and the wheels G G revolving, gives the wheel D live more revolutions, making in all siX revolutions to one of the horses, so that this wheel has two motions given it in the same direction.

To the upper end of the kingpost a is secured a beam, E, in which are formed the bearings of the shaft d of the band-wheel H, said shaft been provided with a pinion, i, which gears with cogs on the upper surface' of the wheel D. On top of the beam E are secured two cross-beams or sills, I I.

This horse-power may be used with either end on the ground. The intention is to use the stationary wheel B on the ground to gin cotton; and the sills I I on the ground in thrashing grain.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by The reversible horse-power described, con- 

